Nellie Kim

Soviet Gymnast

Female

BornJul 29, 1957

Age57

HometownShurab, Tajikistan

Other NamesКим, Нелли Владим...

Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman in Olympic history to earn a perfect 10 score on the vault and the first to earn it on the floor exercise, rivaling Nadia Comăneci, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and other strong competitors of the 1970s.… Read More

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'Nellie Kim Sorenson was identified as one of those who went to help firefighters. Sorenson was listed as a patient in the burn center at the University of Utah Health Care in Salt Lake City. Officials from the hospital did not release her condition'